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The Spartans are the athletic teams of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. The school colors are green and white and all teams compete in the Big Ten conference except the hockey team. Past teams have won 11 National Championships. Famous athletes include Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Scott Skiles, Kirk Gibson, Steve Garvey, Bubba Smith and Ryan Miller.

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New football coach Jim Harbaugh's seven-year contract with the Michigan, obtained by the Free Press on Friday, could be worth significantly more than $5.7 million in annual average and is almost fully guaranteed.
Perhaps of most interest to Michigan fans...

When the star of the singing group emerges, the rest become backup vocalists.
That's the Big Ten now, in the aftermath of its first football national championship in 12 years. The spotlight deservingly is on Ohio State more than the conference itself....

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The first College Football Playoff was a success on almost every level — except maybe for fans of TCU and Baylor.
Otherwise, there was not much to gripe about. And Ohio State walking away with the first championship by beating Oregon 42-20 on Monday...

Drexel's Rodney Williams appeared to have an easy finish at the rim until Penn State's Donovon Jack rotated over to redirect the shot and the game's momentum for a final time.
A few minutes earlier during Saturday afternoon's game at the PPL Center,...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Greg Ward threw three touchdowns in the final 3:41 of the Armed Forces Bowl, two after Houston recovered onside kicks, and completed a game-winning 2-point conversion as the Cougars beat Pittsburgh 35-34 with an improbable...

The Big Ten is starting the new year with a new sense of pride.
The first week of January typically is when the conference absorbs insults and jeers following a run of disappointing bowl performances.
Not this year.
Not after Ohio State took down...

How different might things be, Dave Warner wonders, had Michigan State scored a late first-half touchdown, one that would've given the Spartans a two-touchdown cushion against Ohio State in their Big Ten Conference showdown on Nov. 8 in East Lansing.
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The Big Ten sent a memo to athletic directors Wednesday with the message that one bowl-eligible team might be left out of the postseason.
That could be bad news for Penn State, which finished 6-6 and could be passed over in the scenarios the conference...

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If the Houston Texans hadn't hired...

College football's new four-team playoff was supposed to give other schools a chance to compete with the Southeastern Conference, which won seven of the last eight titles in the Bowl Championship Series.
It didn't look that way Tuesday when the SEC...

Penn State's latest graduation-success rate for football was 87 percent, tied for the second-highest rate in school history.
The NCAA released its annual report of graduation success rates Wednesday, with Penn State's sports teams achieving an overall...

In September, when the NCAA lifted the remaining competitive sanctions against Penn State, coach James Franklin carefully noted a qualifier with regard to the postseason.
"We're not bowl-eligible," Franklin said then. "We have an...

Penn State’s Oct. 25 clash with Ohio State in Beaver Stadium is sold out. The Penn State White Out game will kick off at 8 p.m. and air on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2, the Penn State Sports Network and www.GoPSUsports.com.
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Brent Musburger, who had become the voice of college football after Keith Jackson retired, is making a comeback this weekend.
Musburger had been eased out of 'A team' status this year and has been doing games for the new ESPN SEC Network.
But...

Mike Hull and Miles Dieffenbach stayed together on their official recruiting visit to Penn State, which they turned into becoming roommates.
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Miles Dieffenbach channeled his former coach this week, using Bill O'Brien's disputed description from 2012 to explain how Penn State just might win Saturday.
"We're a bunch of fighters, and we're going to fight to the end," the Penn State...

STATE COLLEGE — Michigan State scored two touchdowns within three minutes of the third quarter, capitalizing on a costly turnover, to corral upset-minded Penn State 34-10 at Beaver Stadium on Saturday.On an emotional Senior Day, in which Penn State...